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  A record-breaking election for Maine

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Nov 19
  This election, Mainers showed up to make their voices heard in overwhelming numbers. Whether they took advantage of absentee voting or early ...
  

• A Veterans' Day poem

  By William Burgess ... - Nov 12
  Blackberry Picking A woods road draws late summer afternoon Down through kaleidoscopic green; the sun Lounges in hazy patches on the ground. Abando...
  

• Recognizing a new hero

  By Patrick McCaffery and ... - Nov 05
  The contract to renovate the Mary E. Taylor building was recently awarded to the low bidder, Ledgewood Construction, who was also the contractor ...
  
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  Saving the Post Office — again

  By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Sep 03
  Thirty years ago I was among a group of Camden residents who fought to save our historic Chestnut Street Post Office. At the time, postal officials...
  

• Case study in property rights

  By Doc Wallace - Jul 17
  I have been asked by several Rockport citizens to respond to John Viehman's opinion piece decrying short term rentals. This is not a difficult ...
  

• Thoughts on Independence Day

  By Rep. Vicky Doudera - Jul 06
  Last summer I was in Charlottesville, Va., for a legislative leadership conference that included a visit to Thomas Jefferson's stately home, ...
  

• Cheaper, faster, better broadband Part 5

  By William Post & Audra ... - Mar 26
  This is the fifth in a series of articles generated by a joint ad hoc working group of Camden and Rockport elected officials, staff and volunteer ...
  

• A message from Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos

  Mar 20
  I wanted to talk with you today about the crisis the world, our country, and you are facing as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. While I can't ...
  

• The coronavirus and you

  By Allan J Bogdan MD - Mar 19
  The current situation in the world should give us all pause. In a matter of weeks an invisible marauder has traversed continents and oceans ...
  

• The Camden Conference grapples with the media revolution

  By Ron Bancroft - Mar 05
  “The Media Revolution: Changing the World” was the topic of the 33rd Camden Conference this past weekend. It was a glorious sunny weekend in one ...
  

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  Thoughts on the Rockport Short-term Rental Ordinance

  By John Viehman - Nov 19
  The following letter was sent to the Rockport Select Board Chair and the other Select Board members following this week's meeting on a draft ...
  

• Honoring our veterans during COVID-19

  By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Nov 11
  November 11 is designated as Veterans Day, a federal holiday to honor the 19.6 million men and women who have served in the military. (Memorial ...
  
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  Help! I bought a very large kayak and I have a very small car

  By Kay Neufeld - Oct 01
  It was a week after I had gotten my COVID-19 unemployment backpay. I had already gone through the necessities - rent, laptop charger, therapy. I ...
  
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  Why we need to return to Augusta, now

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Jul 30
  When the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Maine in March, the Legislature made the bipartisan decision to adjourn to protect the health and safety ...
  
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  The real cost of short-term rentals In Rockport

  By John Viehman - Jul 16
  A wide range of perspectives were shared at a recent Zoom-based public workshop designed to hear public input on short-term rentals within ...
  
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  Black Lives Matter

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Jun 15
  My horror at the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers is shared by many in this community and across the world. On June 3, I ...
  

• A view from the Select Board seat

  By Douglas Cole - Mar 24
  What a shock it has been for me over the past two weeks, going from looking forward to the calm of winding down the town “budget season” to being ...
  

• Cheaper, Faster and Better Broadband Part 4

  By William Post & Audra ... - Mar 19
  This is the fourth in a series of articles generated by a joint ad hoc working group of Camden and Rockport elected officials, staff and volunteer ...
  

• Making health care more affordable

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Mar 12
  I deeply believe that health care is a basic human right. As a society, we recognize that education is a basic right for all Americans. It should ...
  

• U.S. should strengthen election security

  By Sen. Angus King - Feb 27
  Less than a year out from the next presidential election, I share the deep concerns of many Maine people regarding the possibility of malicious ...